Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor whose classic roles included the wily confidant of the first two “Godfather” movies, had died at age 95

In the early 1960s, when Robert Duvall was struggling to make it in New York City, he palled around with a couple of fellow actors also trying to find their way in the business. One was married, but the other was single,

Robert Duvall was in such classics as "The Godfather," "To Kill a Mockingbird," "M*A*S*H," "The Great Santini" and "Tender Mercies."

Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor best known for “The Godfather,“ Apocalypse Now” and many other tough-guy roles over an acclaimed screen career that spanned six decades, has died. He was 95.

Oscar winner Robert Duvall, a versatile actor who made lasting impressions in a range of parts from starring to supporting roles like the napalm-loving colonel of "Apocalypse Now" or the spectral Boo Radley in "To Kill a Mockingbird,

The actor Robert Duvall has died at the age of 95. He won an Oscar for portraying a country singer in the 1983 movie “Tender Mercies,” in which he did his own singing, but he was also nominated for “The Judge” as recently as 2014.

Luciana Duvall said her husband died peacefully at home, surrounded by love and comfort, in her Monday morning Facebook post. The cause of death has not been shared. "To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor,

American actor Robert Duvall, known for his best-actor Oscar role in Tender Mercies and for appearing in classics like The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, has died at 95.